Description: In
collaboration with Dr. Katie Lewis (Austen Riggs Center) and Dr. Nicole Cain
(Rutgers University), we are conducting a NIH-funded multi-site study
evaluating proximal indicators of suicide (1RF1MH120840-01). Ours is the first
study to use EMA and actigraphy technologies to evaluate sleep as a proximal
vulnerability to dysregulating interpersonal events, cascading into a suicidal
thoughts and behaviors:
1.
Lewis,
K. C., Meehan, K. B., Cain, N. M.,
Wong, P. S., Clemence, A. J., Stevens, J., & Tillman, J. G. (2019). Quality
of internalized object representations and suicidality in individuals with
anaclitic and introjective personality styles. Journal of Personality Disorders, 33, 435-451.
2.
Lewis,
K. C., Meehan, K. B., Cain, N. M.,
Wong, P. S., Clemence, A. J., Stevens, J., & Tillman, J. G. (2016).
Impairments in object relations and chronicity of suicidal behavior in
individuals with borderline personality disorder. Journal of Personality Disorders, 30(1), 19–34.
3.
Lewis,
K. C., Meehan, K. B., Cain, N. M.,
& Wong, P. S. (2016). Within the confines of character: A review of
suicidal behavior and personality style. Psychoanalytic
Psychology, 33(1), 179-202.
4.
Lewis,
K., Meehan, K. B., Tillman, J.,
Cain, N. M., Wong, P., Clemence, A. J., & Stevens, J. (2014). Impact of
object relations and impulsivity on persistent suicidal behavior. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic
Association, 62, 485-492.
